it has tried to isolate the palestinian government in the past. it has carried on supporting nato -- it is part of it, and and the war in afghanistan. it is not popular even among many swedish and norwegian members of parliament. i was there many years ago when they give it to obama. about 10,000 people demonstrated against that because obama had just said he was good escalate the war in afghanistan and pakistan. so the peace committee itself now, the nobel prize committee, has become a version of the eu. it is undemocratic, self- appointed, no accountability whatsoever. something needs to be done to change it. in the case of the prize committee, is to be internationalized. it cannot just be these deadbeat politicians. >> the spokesperson for greece's main opposition party said "i just cannot understand what the reasoning would be behind it. in many parts europe, but especially in greece we are experiencing what really is a war situation on a daily basis albeit a war that has not been formally declared. there is nothing peaceful about it." tariq a